Job Description

About Us:
Marriott International Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, was founded in May 1927 by J. Willard Marriott and Alice S. Marriott with a modest nine-seat A&W root beer stand. Guided by the family's leadership and core principles, Marriott International today has grown into a global hospitality giant, operating approximately 9,000 properties and over 30 leading brands in more than 140 countries and territories.
From such humble beginnings to becoming the worlds largest hotel company, Marriott International has never stopped searching for inventive ways to serve its customers, provide opportunities for its associates, and grow their business.AtMarriott Tech Accelerator center(MTA), Hyderabad, India, Marriott is exploring the world we live in and all its possibilities. At Marriott Tech Accelerator,we are a team of passionate engineering minds dedicated to creating and building cutting-edge solutions that streamline operations and elevate guest experiences.
Marriott Tech Accelerator center isfully owned andoperated by ANSR. All associates atMarriott Tech Accelerator will be ANSR employees, delivering services exclusively to ANSR's client, Marriott International.
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Role Title:Senior Engineering Manager
Position Summary:
Come join a dynamic On-Site Digital Engineering team inGlobal Technology at Marriott International. Lead a team of dedicated engineers to continue to enhance, evolve and transform the travel innovation platform for future of global travel while transforming your career. Collaborate across multiple enterprise and digital disciplines in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment to leverage best practices and the latest cloud- native tools and technologies.
Oversees day to day application development projects and software engineering for on-site digital platform group. Directly manages software engineers and project managers. Delivers on commitments to discipline partners and collaborates with architects on major organizational initiatives across multiple channels & platform. Functions as the technical decision-maker and problem solver to deliver projects on time and on budget. Promotes project quality and manages the application development team to promote satisfaction with all technology teams and business partners by following standard application development tools and processes. Manages continuous improvement program to improve quality, consistency, and client satisfaction.
Job Responsibilities:

• Managing Application Development Standards, Processes, and Tools
• Works with direct reports to facilitate consistency of service delivery across client groups
• Facilitates compliance with the standard set of application development tools and processes that will drive consistency and predictability throughout the SDLC for all client groups including:
• SDLC standard tools and processes for both waterfall and agile development
• Estimating standard tools and processes, incorporating flexibility for small and large projects
• Deployment standard tools and processes
• Monitors projects for adherence to defined application development processes
• Communicates to Application Development leaders opportunities to create broader IT related and corporate standards and policies where necessary
• Communicates important application development policy changes that affect service provider and/or Marriott operations
• Managing Day-To-Day Relationships with Teams
• Manages application development projects in partnership with IT teams, business partners and providers
• Provides project management of business projects
• Oversees effective reporting within application development team
• Leads project reviews with team on application development projects
• Manages day-to day relationships with all IT teams to promote the delivery of services that meet or exceed the client expectations
• Monitors projects for alignment with defined business case process
• Drives timely resolution of escalated service delivery problems and minimizes the impact of any client service delivery issues
• Manages, and improves service level reporting for application development
• Provides early warning to the appropriate Business Partnership & Planning leaders and team regarding degraded or missed service levels
• Assists with application development and maintenance of service provider project management standards and tools
• Participates in client portfolio and demand management processes, and engages providers to ensure client satisfaction
• Works with application development service providers
• Validates the service provider(s) performs the services agreed to by the master services agreement in a manner that is consistent with both the spirit and the letter of the agreement
• Works with team to progress the service providers services to match client needs
• Facilitates team and service provider compliance with the agreement
• Validates service levels meet business needs
• Facilitates the definition and enforcement of good service provider contracts
• Supports the IT organization
• Provides input to ITs business strategy and planning as needed
• Supports and follows defined IT Governance decision rights, standards and practices
• Emphasizes accuracy and effectiveness of estimating and planning management with team
• Provides input to business/discipline and continent IT budgets
• Implementing and Managing Continuous Improvement Program
• Drives adoption metrics to demonstrate continuous improvement and alignment with the industry
• Demonstrates continuous improvement through metrics of quality consistency and client satisfaction
• Works with application development service providers, IT teams, and business partners to implement
• continuous improvement activities
• Responds to issues identified in project surveys or other feedback processes, to continually improve client satisfaction

Skill and Experience :

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering (software development & building products), with at least5+ years in leadership role (people management).
• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams in a high-growth environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business perspectives.
• Strong background in designing, developing, and deployingcloud-native applications (AWS/Azure/GCP, AWS is preferred).
• Experience with any data streaming technology likeApache Kafka/Apache Spark Streaming/Kafka Streams.
• Experience withJava, Microservice architecture and Containerization.
• Experience with overseeing the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting-edge software products and platforms.
• Experience leading teams in India for a global organization.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Passion for driving technical excellence and innovation within engineering teams.
• Prior experience in a startup or fast-scaling tech company.

Education and Certifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification

Work location: Hyderabad, India.
Work mode: Hybrid
Marriotts core values:
At Marriott, our make us who we are. We believe that success is never final. As we change and grow, the beliefs that are most important to us stay the sameputting people first, pursuing excellence, embracing change, acting with integrity, and serving our world. Being part of Marriott Tech Accelerator means being part of a proud history and a thriving culture.